Tuesday, April 24, 2012

TalkTo,
Inc. announced today the launch of talkto: BostonÔ, a version of its messaging
service that enables Boston-area residents to text any store, restaurant,
salon, hotel or other type of business. TalkTo also announced the closing of
its $3 million Series A funding from Matrix Partners, which will be used to fuel
a national rollout later this year.

TalkTo
first emerged in limited beta in September 2011 with an audacious goal: to make
it possible to text any business whenever you want, and get a text response
from the business in return. Designed to look and feel like SMS, the app lets
anyone inquire about products and services, book appointments and reservations,
or ask other questions with a text message.

“For
too long, businesses have told us how and when to contact them,” said Stuart
Levinson, co-founder and CEO of TalkTo. “It’s time to blow up the old model and
put the consumer first. We want to contact businesses as easily as we text our
friends so we can get on with our day. We want our time back.”

“For
the last few years, the onslaught of mobile technologies has redefined how
consumers relate to each other and almost everything in their world, but
nothing has dramatically improved the way in which they can interact with
businesses,” said Antonio Rodriguez, general partner at Matrix Partners and TalkTo
board member. “TalkTo breaks down the barriers between consumers and businesses
without compromising the ways in which each prefers to communicate.”

Since
businesses already have lots of ways to respond to customers via email, SMS,
web chat, phone and third-party apps, TalkTo will route messages to their
preferred channel. If a business replies via email, for example, TalkTo users
still receive it as a text message. This means a business can take advantage of
TalkTo without installing or learning anything new.

Businesses
like the Charles Hotel in Cambridge, Mass., have already embraced the new
service to make it easier for customers to engage. “From phone to email to
social media, we have always strived to be as accessible as possible to our
guests” says General Manager, Alex Attia. “With TalkTo, we give our guests an
ability to text with us as well.”

The
talkto: Boston app is now available for residents in the Greater Boston area to
text any business across America.

Users
can download it from the App Store or access it via Android and other mobile
devices on the Web at talkto.com. Anyone can sign up to be notified first once
the app is extended beyond Boston.

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